The Works of Edgar Allan Poe – Volume 5

that tranquil and even happiness which they suppose to be

characteristic of heavenly enjoyment.

Un no rompido sueno —

Un dia puro – allegre – libre

Quiera —

Libre de amor – de zelo —

De odio – de esperanza – de rezelo. —Luis Ponce de Leon.

Sorrow is not excluded from “Al Aaraaf,” but it is that

sorrow which the living love to cherish for the dead, and

which, in some minds, resembles the delirium of opium. The

passionate excitement of Love and the buoyancy of spirit

attendant upon intoxication are its less holy pleasures —

the price of which, to those souls who make choice of “Al

Aaraaf” as their residence after life, is final death and

annihilation.

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There be tears of perfect moan

Wept for thee in Helicon. —Milton.

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It was entire in 1687 – the most elevated spot in Athens.

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Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows

Than have the white breasts of the Queen of Love. —Marlowe.

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Pennon – for pinion. —Milton.

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And the angel Israfel, whose heart-strings are a lut, and

who has the sweetest voice of all God’s creatures. – KORAN.